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教职员受促依行为守则行事 刘慧丽:别成为害群之马

教育部提醒教师们,在和学生互动时的行事必须值得他们信任,校方也必须监督,确保教职员依循《教职员行为守则》行事。 当局对所有的教育工作者强调,自他们受委任和进行教师培训开始,就对他们抱有非常高的期望。 教育部教育副总司长(学校)兼学校司司长刘慧丽向《亚洲新闻台》指出,“校方领导层也必须不断监督教职员,依据《教育工作者的专业行为守则》(Code of Professional Conduct for Educators)行事。” 最近听闻的众多杏坛性侵事件包括,一名35岁的男教师因为亲吻14岁学生的嘴唇两次,而在本月3日被判坐牢六个月;8月份,一名41岁男教师因导致15岁学生产子而被判入狱八年;7月份,34岁男教师因和15岁的女学生发生性关系而被判坐牢16个月。 单单在今年内发生的事项中,就有一名29岁的女教师于6月对15岁男学生进行性削剥,而被判入狱两年零九个月;一名36岁男教师于今年4月份性侵和性骚扰学生,因此被判入狱六年零六个月。 刘慧丽指出,尽管当局尽最大的努力筛选、培训和集体努力完成身为教师的使命,但是还是会出现害群之马。 “所有教职员都被提醒要对同行保持警惕心,一旦发现他们有不法或不当行为就必须举报。”…